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Maintenance Procedures
This chapter provides the maintenance guidelines and procedures
necessary to maintain the instrument’s performance.
Keep to a maintenance schedule, and perform maintenance as required
and described in this chapter.
Contents
Topic
Page
Maintenance schedule ..................................................................... 55
Spare parts ....................................................................................... 56
Troubleshooting with Connections INSIGHT ................................ 56
Safety and handling......................................................................... 57
Preparing the instrument for work performed on the source........ 59
Operating the source isolation valve............................................... 60
Removing O-rings and seals ............................................................ 62
Cleaning the instrument’s exterior ................................................. 63
Emptying the exhaust trap bottle ................................................... 63
Emptying the roughing pump exhaust liquid trap bottle.............. 65
Gas ballasting the roughing pump.................................................. 68
Checking the roughing pump oil level ............................................ 71
Adding oil to the roughing pump .................................................... 71
Cleaning the source components..................................................... 73
Cleaning the sample cone and gas cone.......................................... 74
Cleaning the ion block, isolation valve, and extraction cone......... 84
Cleaning the source hexapole assembly ......................................... 101
Replacing the ESI probe tip............................................................. 108
Replacing the ESI probe sample capillary...................................... 109
Replacing the ion block source heater............................................. 116
Replacing the source assembly seals .............................................. 121
Summary of Contents for TQ
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Page 156: ...A Safety Advisories 156 December 6 2012 71500126802IVD Rev C...
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Page 192: ...C Materials of Construction and Compliant Solvents 192 December 6 2012 71500126802IVD Rev C...